Reverend Scot Sloan is a character in the comic strip Doonesbury.
He was first introduced in January 1972, just before most of the major characters went to live on Walden Commune. He had been described by a magazine article as "The fighting young priest who can talk to the young", and this went straight to his head. He constantly parroted this quote to anyone who would listen. Ironically, this caused him to be seen as out of touch by the other characters, and he seemed completely incapable of inspiring anything other than sarcastic scorn, bemused confusion, or annoyed resignation amongst them.
Over time his character was broadened, and he became a better influence. Sloan has fairly liberal beliefs, and takes seriously his job as a minister. He is often the first to point out and condemn any corruption or hypocrisy he perceives in religious issues, and as such is a positive example of what Garry Trudeau thinks a priest should be; he puts faith and humanity first, and has little patience for dogma or self-righteousness. For example, he supported Joe Lieberman in 2000 because he was a man of God, even though he is Jewish and Sloan is Christian.
When Joanie Caucus was introduced, Scot
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Reverend Scot Sloan is a character in the comic strip Doonesbury.
He was first introduced in...
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